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Day One of Rugby 7’s at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games took place today in Barranquilla, Colombia. Both Men’s and Women’s teams from the region competed with them returning again on Thursday to compete for Gold Medals.
The Men’s competition contains eight competing countries while the women’s has six. Competing in the Women’s competition is Colombia, French Guyana, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mexico, and Venezuela. The Men’s competition consists of Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico, Trinidad & Tobago, and Venezuela.
On Day One Colombia’s Women’s team, Las Tucanes, won all three of their matches. They came out on top against Jamaica, Guatemala, and Mexico. Also impressing were French Guyana, and Venezuela, the later also going undefeated today in Barranquilla.
In the Men’s competition Colombia defeated both Mexico and Costa Rica but fell to a 14-12 upset defeat against Guyana. The Guyanese had earlier lost 14-10 against Mexico after defeating Costa Rica in their opening match.
Venezuela won two of their three matches, doing so against Guatemala and Jamaica. Their one defeat was against Trinidad & Tobago. The Calypso Warriors had a dream opening day by going undefeated against Venezuela, Jamaica, and Guatemala.
Both the Women’s and Men’s competitions will continue and conclude on Thursday. A range of possibilities remain for who will win the Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals.
WOMEN’S DAY ONE RESULTS
Colombia 30-0 Jamaica
Mexico 0-17 Venezuela
Guatemala 0-38 French Guyana
Jamaica 5-32 Mexico
Venezuela 17-0 French Guyana
Colombia 41-0 Guatemala
Jamaica 5-36 French Guyana
Guatemala 5-27 Venezuela
Colombia 24-7 Mexico
WOMEN’S DAY TWO FIXTURES
1:00pm Guatemala vs Mexico
1:22pm Colombia vs French Guyana
1:44pm Jamaica vs Venezuela
3:50pm Mexico vs French Guyana
4:12pm Colombia vs Venezuela
4:34pm Jamaica vs Guatemala
6:40pm Women’s 5th Place Final
7:02pm Women’s 7th Place Final
7:46pm Women’s Bronze Medal Final
8:30pm Women’s Gold Medal Final
MEN’S DAY ONE RESULTS
Colombia 19-12 Mexico
Costa Rica 7-22 Guyana
Venezuela 10-24 Trinidad & Tobago
Guatemala 12-29 Jamaica
Colombia 41-5 Costa Rica
Guyana 10-14 Mexico
Venezuela 24-5 Guatemala
Jamaica 7-17 Trinidad & Tobago
Mexico 31-0 Costa Rica
Guatemala 5-19 Trinidad & Tobago
Colombia 12-14 Guyana
Jamaica 0-29 Venezuela
DAY TWO FIXTURES
2:10pm Men’s Quarter Final 1
2:32pm Men’s Quarter Final 2
2:54pm Men’s Quarter Final 3
3:16pm Men’s Quarter Final 4
4:56pm Men’s 5th Place Semi Final 1
5:18pm Men’s 5th Place Semi Final 2
5:40pm Men’s Gold Medal Semi Final 1
6:02pm Men’s Gold Medal Semi Final 2
7:24pm Men’s 5th Place Final
8:08pm Men’s Bronze Medal Final
8:52pm Men’s Gold Medal Final
